
Julie Perini (she/her) is a filmmaker, daily videomaker, diary keeper, community-based media maker, video artist, writer, artistic descendent of time-benders like Tony Conrad, product of the suburbs of New York City and DIY culture of the 90s. Her involvement with the post-9/11 “War on Terror” spurred her work with prison and police abolitionist movements. She was a member of Signal Fire, an arts and environmental organization that created opportunities for artists and activists to engage with public land and wild places. She is the recipient of numerous grants, awards, and residencies and she exhibits work in theaters, community spaces, galleries, campgrounds, storefronts, the sides of bridges, and other venues. Her writing has been published by AK Press, PM Press, Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism and other publications. Originally from Poughkeepsie, New York, she currently lives in Portland, Oregon where she is a Professor of Art at Portland State University.